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* Roadmap: a short user-facing ROADMAP.md, developer detail moves to docs/roadmap-detail.md Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Roadmap: feature milestones with progress counts, daily releases through the in-app updater Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Roadmap: count issues as pieces, show work built on the drawings and render branches Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# SolidCraft roadmap
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The short version, for people who use SolidCraft. The detailed developer status (milestone
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tables, limitations, measurements) is in [docs/roadmap-detail.md](docs/roadmap-detail.md).
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## What SolidCraft is
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SolidCraft is open-source parametric 3D CAD written in Rust. You sketch, constrain, extrude, and
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change a parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. It runs as a desktop app and in the browser
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([try it](https://solidcraft.io/app)), and it has a command-line tool and an MCP server so that
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scripts and AI agents can drive the same commands you use.
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## Works today
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- Sketching with a constraint solver, and the usual create and modify tools.
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- Extrude, revolve, loft, sweep, coil, fillet, chamfer, shell, draft, holes, threads,
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patterns, mirror and split.
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- Parameters with units and expressions, and configurations.
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- Faces and edges keep their names through edits, so references survive changes.
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- Components, assemblies, joints, motion studies and exploded views.
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- Sheet metal with flat patterns and DXF export, and a plastic-enclosure subset.
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- A Render workspace with GPU rendering, studio lighting, materials and image export
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(first release in 0.22.0).
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- Import and export of STEP, IGES, 3MF, STL, OBJ and DXF, and FreeCAD and Rhino files.
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- Autosave and crash recovery, and the browser build of the same app.
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The full list of commands is in [docs/features.md](docs/features.md). Release notes for each
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version are on the [releases page](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/releases).
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## In progress now
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Each feature below is a [milestone](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestones) holding
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the issues for it, so the count shows how far along it is. Counts are as of 2026-10-25, one per
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feature or request. Work merged on a feature branch (`drawings`, `render`) counts as built but
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reaches the app only when that branch merges. They are rough, not a promise.
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- **[Rendering & materials](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/17)**: in progress, 9 of 34 pieces done, 3 of them built only on the `render` branch and in the app when it merges. The basic Render workspace is already in releases (0.22.0); the interface rework (#6281) and the material and light libraries are what is left.
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- **[Drawings](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/8)**: in progress, 3 of 21 pieces built (2 in releases, 1 on the `drawings` branch), and 3 more partly built there (sheets and borders, bill-of-materials types, the paper scene). Not in the app yet: it lands when the `drawings` branch merges. Today you can export the current view as a DXF.
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- **[Sheet metal](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/15)**: in progress, 1 of 30 requests done. Flanges, hems, unfold and flat patterns already work; the 30 are extensions, mostly the per-edge flange options (segments, miters, partial flanges, reliefs) and bend allowance.
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- **[Sketching](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/14)**: in progress, 12 of 50 pieces done. Dimension types, selection and snapping options.
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- **[Solid modeling](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/2)**: in progress, 9 of 50 pieces done. Blends, holes, threads and patterns.
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- **[Assemblies & joints](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/3)**: in progress, 4 of 19 pieces done. Joints, motion studies and exploded views already work; placement rules, linked sub-assemblies, fastener stacks and weldment corners are the pieces left.
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- **[Import & export](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/5)**: in progress, 7 of 39 pieces done. FreeCAD, SolidWorks and point-cloud import, and mesh export options.
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- **[AI agents & MCP](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/18)**: in progress, 2 of 8 pieces done. Agent chat and the MCP server.
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- **[Interface, web app & plugins](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/4)**: in progress, 31 of 96 pieces done. Ribbon redesign, navigation, themes, the web app and plugins.
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- **[SMLib kernel migration](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/1)**: in progress, 1 tracking issue open. The kernel is moving from truck to NVIDIA's SMLib (usd-brep, Apache-2.0) on the `kernel-smlib` branch; it is not in releases yet. Tracked in [#4012](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/issues/4012).
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## Next
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- **[Surfacing](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/16)**: next, 6 of 14 pieces done. Patch, trim, blend and match exist; the rest of the surface toolset is planned.
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- **[Manufacturing / CAM](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestone/9)**: next, 1 pieces tracked, none done. There is no CAM in SolidCraft yet. Send to Slicer and a first toolpath slice are in review; proposals are [#1153](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/issues/1153) and [#1621](https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/issues/1621).
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Features are not tied to a release or a date. Work lands in the daily releases as it is finished.
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Anything without a milestone, such as bug fixes, is not a feature and is not listed here.
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## How releases work
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- Releases ship daily, as numbered versions (v0.22.0, v0.22.1) with nightly pre-releases in
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between. They are delivered through the in-app updater.
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- SolidCraft tells you when a newer stable release exists and never updates without asking.
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Where it can replace itself safely (AppImage, Windows installer and portable builds) there is
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an **Update now** button; downloads are checked against the release's SHA-256 list. See
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[updates and privacy](docs/book/src/guide/updates.md).
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- Design files carry a format number. A new version opens designs from older versions, but an
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older version refuses a design saved by a newer one (0.22.0 writes format 35, and 0.21.0 and
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earlier will not open it). Each release's notes say when the format changed. Keep a copy of
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an important design before you move to a new version.
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## Licence
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SolidCraft is licensed MIT OR Apache-2.0, at your option; see [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) and
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[LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE). Versions already released stay available under those licences
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permanently.
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## How to follow along
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- Feature milestones: <https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/milestones>
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- Issues: <https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/issues> (area labels such as
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`area:kernel`, `area:sketch` and `area:ui` group them)
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- Discord: <https://discord.gg/FtU4NQNVDH>
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- Releases: <https://github.com/tangency-labs/solidcraft/releases>
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- Contributing: [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
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